The summer's best foodie festivals

America gets its claws into lobster season in typically boisterous fashion, with piles of fresh-cooked seafood plus a crate race (how many can you run across before you fall into the freezing Atlantic?), cookery competition, arts and crafts, a parade and various gigs, mainly jazz, folk and blues. There are carnival rides and a Sea Princess competition, but if any of this feels over the top, bear in mind that the festival has been going for more than 60 years, so they must be doing something right. Like serving lots and lots of freshly caught, just-boiled lobster.www.mainelobsterfestival.com